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Zethus Fabricius

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Vespoidea; Family: Vespidae; Subfamily: Eumeninae)

Zethus Fabricius, 1804. Type species: Vespa coeruleopennis Fabricius, 1798.
 

Zethus (Zethus) aethiopicus Giordani Soika, 1940 (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Tanzania)

Zethus (Zethus) bilaminatus Giordani Soika, 1940 (Namibia, South Africa, Zambia)

Zethus (Zethus) brooksi Giordani Soika, 1992 (South Africa)

Zethus delagoensisde Schulthess-Schindler, 1899 (Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

Zethus (Zethus) empeyi Giordani Soika, 1979 (South Africa)

Zethus (Zethus) favillaceus Walker, 1871 (Burundi, Djibouti, Kenya, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe. Also in the Palaearctic  Region)

Zethus (Zethus) guineensis Gusenleitner, 2005 (Republic of Guinea)

Zethus (Madecazethus) madecassus von Schulthess, Rechberg, 1907 (Madagascar)

Zethus (Zethus) namibicus Gusenleitner, 1997 (Namibia)

Zethus pubescens Smith, 1857 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

Zethus (Zethus) rhodesianus Giordani Soika, 1940 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

Zethus rodhaini Bequaert, 1918  (Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon)

Zethus rothschildanus (du Buysson, 1906) (Ethiopia, Kenya)

Zethus (Zethus) senegalensis Giordani Soika, 1979 (Burkina Faso, Burundi, Mali, Niger, Senegal)

Zethus (Madecazethus) seyrigi Giordani Soika, 1940 (Madagascar)

Zethus (Zethus) yarrowi Giordani Soika, 1979 (Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

Distribution

 Worldwide.

Biology

 Nest in pre-existing cavities in plant material, such as hollow twigs or stems.

Reference

 Bequaert J., 1918. A Revision of the Vespidae of the Belgian Congo Based on the Collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, With A List of Ethiopian Diplopterous Wasps. Bulletin A. M. N. H, Vol. 39: 2-384.

Carpenter J. M., 1986. A Synonymic Generic Checklist of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Psyche, Vol 93: 61-90.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa)

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2026. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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